Cover art for The Eagle and the Sun

The Eagle and the Sun

1991 · BGG
Avg rating
3.78
Bayes rating
5.44
Weight
4.82 (Heavy)
Players
2
Playtime
1400 hr
Ratings count
73

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Description

User Summary

Sub-titled "The War in the Pacific 1932-1948, this is a a World War II Pacific Theater wargame that allows you to recreate various campaigns. The game has been described by some as a remake of S.P.I.'s War in the Pacific: The Campaign Against Imperial Japan, 1941-45.

The contents include: 

 '7'-22" by 34" multi-colors Game Mapsheets 
 2,580 1/2" by 1/2" & 672 1/2" by 3/4" cardboard game counters 
 '2'-Rules, Scenarios, & Tables Booklets- (of 64 pages)


Some of the Scenarios include: 

 '1932'-Mini Campaign-Attack by the I.J.N. on the Panama Canal with an 'Arms Race' as an *Option*-(and including the 'cancelled' vessels for both sides); 
 'Training' Scenarios:
 the Relief of Wake Island
 Battle of the Gilbert Isles; 
 
 Midway; 
 Burma; 
 Philippines Sea; 
 "Fantasy Sci-Fi" game on "The Final Countdown"-(the Movie where a Modern Nuclear Carrier is "sent back in time to just before Dec. 7th, 1941"); 
 entire Pacific Campaign. 


The turns represent a Week's time, there is a method for determining "Initiative" for one side or the other, and many detailed minutiae for those 'buffs' staunch enough to make their way through this.



Mechanics

Chit-Pull System Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Movement Points Secret Unit Deployment Simulation Team-Based Game

Themes

Aviation / Flight Nautical World War II

Publishers

Fresno Gaming Association History Games

Designers

Mike Crane Terry R. Shrum